Love these colors and designs! It makes me want to pack my bags and see the great outdoors all around the world...sigh! At least I can dream, can't I?

Here's my quilt, The Wishing Star. You may recognize my pattern from a previous issue of Easy Quilts back in 2015. I used every fabric from the Globetrotter collection in my quilt, along with a white Island Batik fabric for the background.

I randomly cut and pieced together the star blocks. Originally I thought I would only use the lighter fabrics for the star centers, but I like this arrangement better. The stars with the light points look like they are twinkling.

Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star.

When I hear the phrase, "The Great Outdoors" I can't help but think of the 1980's classic comedy movie with John Candy and Dan Akroyd. This is one of my husband's all time favorite movies. He even had it on in the delivery room when I had my third son...seriously. My favorite scene is shown above, when they discover a bat in their cabin and put on these ridiculous outfits to catch the bat. I've had a few bat experiences in my house, so I can relate.

I considered designing a bat quilt to go with the theme, but settled on The Wishing Star instead. There's nothing quite like a summer night sky full of sparkly stars.

This little star is so sweet.

I took a few photos of my quilt with this old truck my husband recently acquired. It would be fun to take this quilt to a tailgating party.

Or a summer evening picnic.

I quilted The Wishing Star in straight lines, 1" apart, diagonally out from the center of the center star.

I bound the edges using fabric that matched the outer border of the quilt.

The Wishing Star quilt looks nice hanging over the door of my quilt cabinet. I think I'll let it stay here for a while.

Now for giveaway time. I'm giving away 5" squares cut from my leftover Globetrotter collection fabrics. One of each fabric for you to sample and inspire you. Plus...

One copy of my Modern Mini Star quilt pattern. To enter,scroll down and leave a comment below. Let's make it interesting...If you could travel anywhere your heart desires, where would you go? I'll select a winner by random number drawing.

Thanks so much for visiting today! See below for a list of all the stops on The Great Outdoors blog hop. Today is the first day of Week 4, but you can still go back and visit all the blogs to see the new collections of Island Batik fabrics and be inspired by the other Island Batik Ambassadors.

64 comments:

I would love to travel to Iceland. So many beautiful vistas! And I bet there are some excellent dark skies for stargazing (hard to come by here in England). That's a lovely quilt. I love the different sizes of stars.

We went to Yellowstone National Park when I was very young and I'd love to go back and visit again and I'd love to see the Grand Canyon. Love your Wishing Star quilt. The batiks play well together. grinnie1961 at gmail dot com

What a beautiful quilt. If I could travel anywhere, I think it would be Transylvania. My mother's family is from Romania and I am a huge Halloween fan. I wonder if they are connected somehow. :) Thanks for the chance to win.

wow your star quilt is lovely. i love how the stars share different fabrics and putting them on white makes them shine. thank you for sharing and inspiring today. if i could go visit anywhere outdoors i think i would love to go to Ireland. part of my heritagequilting dash lady at comcast dot net

I love the fabrics in your star quilt, it is so beautiful.If I could travel anywhere, I would love to go back to Europe. I spent 6 months in Belgium, and would love to visit other surrounding countries.

Travel, at my 78 years of age, maybe not a possibility now , but to fly from NZ to Canada, visit ALL my blog friends there, then down to US and again meet ALL my blog friends, and do a fabric shop along the way would be my ideal travel dream. Love those stars, and down here, we live in a small town with no pollution so our night sky is always sparkly and clean.

LOVE your quilt! While traveling someplace far away sounds good, with the heat here, I would be happy to be sitting by a babbling brook, in a cool woods, with sunlight filtering through the trees, listening to critters going about their day.

Since I am about to leave on a vacation to my 50th state, Alaska, I get to mark visiting all states in the US off my bucket list. Now I want to visit Australia. I love your star quilt. Thanks for the chance to win.

I'd love to go to England, and visit the old Castles! But truly...I'd be happy to tour around the United States, seeing all the sights & visiting friends & family that live in so many different states :) Thank you for chance to win your Give-away too..

I've always had a soft spot for quilted stars, so of course, I love your Wishing Stars quilt! One the light background, they show off their colors so well! I've always wanted to visit Aruba with the clear blue water and tropical romantic nights. I just don't think I could handle the loooong plane ride!

Your quilt is so cute and the colors fantastic. I love travelling and want to take one of those around the world cruises as I love cruising too. But if I had to pick just one place, Ecuador and the Galapagos Islands with a side trip to Bora Bora. :)

Such a gorgeous quilt. How can you go wrong with such lovely batiks. I'd love to travel up through Canada and down the east coast during fall to see the leaves change....just not this year with the horrible weather they are having.

Colorful star quilts are the best! This one really shows off the fabric nicely. One of my life goals is to visit all 50 states and I have 12 left, so I'd go to some (or all!) of those I'm missing, mostly states in the west.

About Me

Hello. I'm a quilt designer with a love of color. I spend my days sewing in an old vintage farmhouse in the rolling countryside of North Carolina with my children, cats, and nature all around. The sky enchants me. It's ever changing colors and moods give me daily inspiration. Welcome.